$20,160
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Auction: October 18, 2022 11:00 AM EDT
The circular shallow dish with a central reserve depicting a sinuous dragon in iron red with associated flames, against a ground of crashing waves in underglaze blue, the exterior with similar dragons beneath a border of demi-florets, underside with mark in underglaze blue; underside with "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" seal mark in underglaze blue.
Dia: 7 in.PROVENANCE:
Collection of William Deering Porter (1847-1904)
Thence by descent to the present owners
NOTE:
A pair of dishes of this pattern from the collection of William Deering Porter was sold in these rooms April 13, 2022, lot 159. For other examples of related dishes in this pattern, see the dish sold at Christie's New York, September 14, 2011, lot 1570; another, formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold at Christie's, New York, September 14, 2016, lot 975; Another, the Property of Marchant, sold Christie's, New York, March 22, 2018, lot 788; and another, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, May 30, 2018, lot 530.